Am I the only one who has noticed just how sensitive Catholics are about their religion? Don’t joke about papa pope or cast doubt on their saints or their traditions lest you hurt their feelings. I’ve had comments and private messages letting me know how upsetting my comments were. Well, the truth is I will never kneel and kiss the slippered toe of the pope and pretend to accept and respect their system as merely another branch of the Christian tree. But why do they even want or need me to?
I could care less what any man thinks of my local congregation, my pastor, the Christians of yesteryear I am fond of, or the doctrines I hold dear. They can say men I am fond of like Huss, Luther, Calvin, Knox, Edwards, and Spurgeon were heretics (and they have) and it just rolls off my back. Frankly, I don’t even care what they think of The Lord Jesus Christ because the opinions of another have no impact on what I know to be true. The Lord has been and remains very real in my life. I wish everyone believed the truth and I am sad for those who don’t, but I need no outside affirmation whatsoever. Opinions of men cannot sway me. When others mock and reject they confirm His Word. I fully expect the world to reject the great truths of Scripture. I’m not going to take it personally when they prefer religious traditions of men over the Jesus Christ who came according to the Scriptures and the gospel of his free and sovereign grace. I don’t take it personally when I encounter someone trapped in apostate religion who thinks I am going to hell without their particular voodoo, whatever it might be.
If I die today and go to hell it will be because of my sin and my lack of belief, not because I rejected the pompous potentates of Rome who bind the consciences of men.
If they hated Him, they will hate us.
Look at the way the Pharisees treated Jesus and you’ll see some pretty amazing parallels to how modern day religionists treat His followers.
Excuse me, but pointing out that your posts are rude and belittling doesn’t necessarily mean my itty bitty feelings are hurt. It means your posts are rude and belittling.
Yep. It stems from not having peace in their heart as their heart is far from God. That's the price they pay for believing sinful 'man' and their teachings in all it's pomp while pimping for evil.
And Pride is what keeps them there and they will fall just like evil did because of pride. No one can teach those unwilling to be taught - PRIDE is too valuable to them even without knowing it's pride that's keeping them in deception. 'Man which is evil' has them in bondage.
And JESUS The CHRIST sets us free from bondage and since HIS Word is NOT their final authority - they don't believe GOD but the pimp in the vatican and all it's cohorts which is their final authority.